GB2408543A - Device fastening a cable to a fixed surface for use in conjunction with a cable tie - Google Patents
Device fastening a cable to a fixed surface for use in conjunction with a cable tie Download PDFInfo
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- GB2408543A GB2408543A GB0421765A GB0421765A GB2408543A GB 2408543 A GB2408543 A GB 2408543A GB 0421765 A GB0421765 A GB 0421765A GB 0421765 A GB0421765 A GB 0421765A GB 2408543 A GB2408543 A GB 2408543A
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16L3/00—Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets
- F16L3/02—Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets partly surrounding the pipes, cables or protective tubing
- F16L3/04—Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets partly surrounding the pipes, cables or protective tubing and pressing it against a wall or other support
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
- H02G3/00—Installations of electric cables or lines or protective tubing therefor in or on buildings, equivalent structures or vehicles
- H02G3/30—Installations of cables or lines on walls, floors or ceilings
- H02G3/32—Installations of cables or lines on walls, floors or ceilings using mounting clamps
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Abstract
Device 10 for fastening a cable or a conduit 34 to an angle iron 36. The device including at least one and more preferably four first engaging formation 18,20,22,24 for engaging the cable or conduit 34 of different diameters, and a second engaging formation for engaging a band 38 extending around the angle iron 36 so that the device 10 is pressed against the cable or conduit 34 by the band 38. The second engaging formation includes lateral restraints for restraining lateral displacement of the band relative to the device. The device preferably comprises a pair of flanges 12,14 connected by a curved web 16 which forms a recess for a cable tie 38. The device may be injection molded from plastics.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
THIS invention relates to fasteners for cables or conduits, and more specifically to a fastener for securing a cable or a conduit to a support.
Services such as cabling or conduits for industrial installations and plants often run along support structures fabricated at least partially from angle irons. In some instances, special cable trays are provided for leading the services to a plant or the like, but generally the cables or conduits branch off from these cable trays and subsequently run along angle irons forming part of a support frame for the plant.
The angle irons often are not suitably oriented for holding the cables or conduits securely, and accordingly it is necessary to fasten the cables or conduits to the angle irons, especially when the angle irons are vertically oriented.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a device for fastening a cable or a conduit to an angle iron which is relatively easy to install and which holds the cable or conduit firmly in position on the angle iron. - 2
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention there is provided a device for fastening a cable or a conduit to an angle iron, the device including a first engaging formation for engaging the cable or conduit, and a second engaging formation for engaging a band extending around the angle iron so that the device is pressed against the cable or conduit by the band, the second engaging formation including lateral restraints for restraining lateral displacement of the band relative to the device.
The device may include more than one first engaging formation, in which case the first engaging formations may be sized to engage different sizes of cables or conduits.
In one arrangement, the device includes four first engaging formations, each of which is sized to engage a different size of cable or conduit.
Preferably, each first engaging formation defines at least one engaging surface which is curved to engage a portion of an outer, curved surface of the cable or conduit.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the device includes a pair of flanges spaced from one another by a web. In this embodiment, the pair of flanges may define the at least one first engaging formation and the lateral restraints, and the web may define the second engaging formation.
In a particularly preferred arrangement, the flanges define at least one third engaging formation for engaging the angle iron adjacent the cable or conduit.
The web may include a curved outer surface, and preferably is cylindrical in shape.
Typically, the second engaging formation is designed to engage a cable tie or the like.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will now be described in more detail, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a cable fastener according to one embodiment of the present invention; Figure 2 shows a perspective view of two cable fasteners of the type illustrated in Figure 1 securing an electrical cable to an angle iron; Figure 3 shows a top view of a cable fastener of the type illustrated in Figure 1 securing an electrical cable to an angle iron; Figure 4 shows a cross-sectional view along the line 4- 4 in Figure 3; and Figure 5 shows a cross-sectional view similar to Figure 4 with the cable fastener of the invention securing another, smaller electrical cable to an angle iron.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The accompanying drawings illustrate a device for fastening a cable or a conduit to an angle iron according to one embodiment of the present invention. The device is designated generally with the reference numeral and, in the illustrated embodiment, is in the form of a cable fastener for fastening an electrical cable to an angle iron. - 4
With particular reference to Figure 1 of the drawings, the cable fastener 10 includes a pair of flanges 12 and 14 which are spaced from one another by a web 16. The flanges 12 and 14 together define four cable engaging formations 18, 20, 22 and 24 which are different sizes so as to accommodate different sizes of electrical cables. As can be seen, the cable engaging formation 18 includes a pair of curved surfaces 18A.
Similarly, the cable engaging formations 20, 22 and 24 include pairs of curved surfaces 20A, 22A (only one of which is visible in Figure 1) and 24A.
The flanges 12 and 14 also define angle iron engaging formations in the form of four pairs of flat surfaces 26, 28, 30 and 32.
In the illustrated embodiment, the web 16 defines a cylindrical outer surface for engaging a band in a manner which will be described in more detail below.
The cable fastener 10 may be formed from various different materials. For example, the cable fastener may be formed from a synthetic or natural rubber or from a plastics material. In the illustrated embodiment, the fastener is formed from a semi-rigid polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in an injection molding process.
With reference now to Figures 2 to 4 of the drawings, the cable fastener 10 is used to fasten a cable 34 to an angle iron 36 so as to hold the cable firmly in position on the angle iron. In Figure 2, the cable fastener 10 is seen to be located on the angle iron 36 so that the cable engaging formation 22A engages the cable 34. A band in the form of a cable tie 38 engages the web 16 and presses the cable fastener 10 against the cable 34 so as to hold the cable firmly in position on the angle iron 36. As can be seen most clearly in Figure 3 of the drawings, the cable tie 38 bears against the cylindrical outer surface of the web 16 and locates between the flanges 12 and 14 which serve as lateral restraints for restraining the cable tie from lateral displacement relative to the cable fastener 10. Desirably, at least one of the pairs of outer surfaces 28 and 30 engages the sides of the angle iron 36 so as to provide stability for the cable fastener 10. In this way, the - 5 cable tie 38 and the cable fastener 10 secure the cable 34 to the angle iron 36.
Figure 5 shows the cable fastener 10 securing a different, smaller cable 40 to an angle iron 42. In this case, the cable fastener 10 has been rotated so that the curved surfaces 20A engage the cable 40, and a cable tie 44 presses the cable fastener against the cable 40 so as to secure the cable to the angle iron.
Although it is preferable for at least one of the pairs of flat surfaces 26, 28, and 32 to engage the angle iron so as to provide stability for the cable fastener 10, it will be appreciated that the cable fastener could also be secured to the angle iron without engagement between the sides of the angle iron and any of the surfaces 26, 28, 30 and 32. It will also be appreciated that the cable fastener 10 need not have four different cable engaging formations, and that in other embodiments of the invention it could have, for example, only one cable engaging formation. Furthermore, the cable engaging formations need not comprise pairs of curved surfaces.
Also, the cable fastener 10 need not have a web and flange arrangement as illustrated in the drawings, but instead the lateral restraints could be provided by projections, such as a pair of spaced apart rows of dimples, on a cable fastener body.
Although the invention has been described above with reference to securing an electrical cable to an angle iron, it should be understood that the device 10 may also be used to secure other services to an angle iron, for example conduits for carrying a liquid or a gas, telecommunication or other data carrying cables, or the like. - 6
Claims (10)
1. A device for fastening a cable or a conduit to an angle iron, the device including a first engaging formation for engaging the cable or conduit, and a second engaging formation for engaging a band extending around the angle iron so that the device is pressed against the cable or conduit by the band, the second engaging formation including lateral restraints for restraining lateral displacement of the band relative to the device.
2. A device according to claim 1, including more than one first engaging formation, wherein the first engaging formations are sized to engage different sizes of cables or conduits.
3. A device according to claim 2, including four first engaging formations, each of which is sized to engage a different size of cable or conduit.
4. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the or each first engaging formation defines at least one engaging surface which is curved to engage a portion of an outer, curved surface of the cable or conduit.
5. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, including a pair of flanges spaced from one another by a web.
6. A device according to claim 5, wherein the pair of flanges define the at least one first engaging formation and the lateral restraints, and the web defines the second engaging formation.
7. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the flanges define at least one third engaging formation for engaging the angle iron adjacent the cable or conduit.
8. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the web includes a curved outer surface.
9. A device according to claim 8, wherein the web is cylindrical in shape.
10. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the second engaging formation is designed to engage a cable tie.
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| ZA200309299 | 2003-11-28 |
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| GB0421765D0 GB0421765D0 (en) | 2004-11-03 |
| GB2408543A true GB2408543A (en) | 2005-06-01 |
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| GB0421765A Withdrawn GB2408543A (en) | 2003-11-28 | 2004-09-30 | Device fastening a cable to a fixed surface for use in conjunction with a cable tie |
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| AU (1) | AU2004216578B2 (en) |
| GB (1) | GB2408543A (en) |
| ZA (1) | ZA200406121B (en) |
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| US4064601A (en) * | 1976-02-23 | 1977-12-27 | Hydril Company | Well line strap connection |
| US4338045A (en) * | 1979-05-23 | 1982-07-06 | Coyne Et Bellier, Bureau D'ingenieurs Conseils | Method and apparatus for anchoring a line, such as a pipeline, to a support, and in particular a sea-bed |
| GB2120310A (en) * | 1982-05-18 | 1983-11-30 | Stromberg Greest Ltd | Aerial Clamp |
| US5568905A (en) * | 1994-03-07 | 1996-10-29 | Smith, Ii; Clayton E. | Bicycle cable keeper |
| US6325336B1 (en) * | 1999-10-18 | 2001-12-04 | Clark Equipment Company | Hydraulic tubing clamp |
| FR2832484A1 (en) * | 2001-11-21 | 2003-05-23 | Ram Chevilles Et Fixations Soc | Clip for mounting pipes or cables in grooves has curved central section fitting around pipe, flexible lugs which are tangential to central section lodging against walls of groove to hold pipe in place |
| GB2383693A (en) * | 2001-12-31 | 2003-07-02 | Tung-I Chen | Cable clamp |
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| GB873051A (en) * | 1958-10-30 | 1961-07-19 | Albert William Rapley | Improvements relating to fasteners |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US4064601A (en) * | 1976-02-23 | 1977-12-27 | Hydril Company | Well line strap connection |
| US4338045A (en) * | 1979-05-23 | 1982-07-06 | Coyne Et Bellier, Bureau D'ingenieurs Conseils | Method and apparatus for anchoring a line, such as a pipeline, to a support, and in particular a sea-bed |
| GB2120310A (en) * | 1982-05-18 | 1983-11-30 | Stromberg Greest Ltd | Aerial Clamp |
| US5568905A (en) * | 1994-03-07 | 1996-10-29 | Smith, Ii; Clayton E. | Bicycle cable keeper |
| US6325336B1 (en) * | 1999-10-18 | 2001-12-04 | Clark Equipment Company | Hydraulic tubing clamp |
| FR2832484A1 (en) * | 2001-11-21 | 2003-05-23 | Ram Chevilles Et Fixations Soc | Clip for mounting pipes or cables in grooves has curved central section fitting around pipe, flexible lugs which are tangential to central section lodging against walls of groove to hold pipe in place |
| GB2383693A (en) * | 2001-12-31 | 2003-07-02 | Tung-I Chen | Cable clamp |
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| ZA200406121B (en) | 2005-08-31 |
| AU2004216578A1 (en) | 2005-06-16 |
| AU2004216578B2 (en) | 2009-11-12 |
| GB0421765D0 (en) | 2004-11-03 |
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| WAP | Application withdrawn, taken to be withdrawn or refused ** after publication under section 16(1) |